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  As we offered a couple of days ago, Audacy Inc. -- which just recently emerged from bankruptcy -- cut approximately 100 positions nationally. The current round of layoffs follows the 12 positions cut this past February from the company's "Pineapple Street Studios" which oversees many of Audacy's podcasts. Locally, the hardest hit station is all-news KNX. We previously reported evening anchor  Brian Ping  was released , we have now learned news writer  John Nuño  was also let go. Evening traffic reporter  Tanya Campos  has not been heard on KNX the past few days, but we've been unable to confirm her departure. It appears the station will now utilize solo anchors except in morning drive. Here's the company's official statement about the layoffs: Audacy is performing well against our 2024 business plan, and we are on track to emerge as a stronger and healthier company, well positioned for a bright future as a differentiated, scaled industry...

  We are learning there are layoffs within the Audacy Los Angeles group. Brian Ping , evening anchor, will be departing the station. We're hearing there will be additional layoffs, both at KNX and possibly at other Audacy properties, but nothing has been confirmed. A St. Louis native, Ping graduated the University of Missouri with a degree in Political Science. He also received training at the renowned St. Louis Broadcast Center.  He arrived at KNX in 2011 after three years at KDWN Las Vegas. He looked forward to a career in broadcasting, being inspired by his frequent listening of St. Louis Cardinals radio broadcasts and the newscasts that followed.  Ping has family roots in Southern California. His grandfather worked as a recruiter for the Howard Hughes Corporation and raised his family in Torrance. His grandmother still lives in a house near La Jolla’s Windansea Beach that’s been in the family since the early 20th century. Ping found the beaches and the California life...

https://memegenerator.net/instance/81673981/sick-person-had-argument-with-flu-i-lost It’s been awhile, as I spent much of the past two months catching up after being really slowed down with the flu (yes, I did get the shot and got a strain not covered -- and that cough would NOT go away!), apologies for again being offline for awhile. I actually did write the usual year in review, but given it’s already April, I’ll roll out some of my comments in the days to come. Meanwhile, a few updates: The radio odyssey…er, Audacy…continues: There were few who were surprised with Audacy filed for bankruptcy at the beginning of the year. The move reduced their debt from $1.9 billion to $350 million. Now, George Soros (yes, THAT George Soros) has become the largest stakeholderin Audacy, acquiring more than $400 millon of the company’s debt and allowing the company to emerge from bankruptcy. More recently, there’s been talk that Soros will merge Audacy with Cumulus , another beleaguered radio en...